Question

Hello

Which algorithm is used by twiki to encode the passwords in the /data/.htpasswd file?

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Is there a Webbased encoder so i could encode a new password and paste it into the file ?

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-- MarcWidmer - 12 Nov 2007

Answer

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The easiest way may be, you just delete the encoded password from .htpasswd. Now the user can login in without any password and can then set a new password in TWiki.

-- MarkusHesse - 12 Nov 2007

It uses apache's htpasswd See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/htpasswd.html

-- ColasNahaboo - 12 Nov 2007

However, don't use the htpasswd on the .htpasswd file since this would wipe out the e-mail address from the file. You could create a temporary password file with htpasswd, then copy the encrypted password string back into the .htpasswd file.

-- PeterThoeny - 13 Nov 2007

Thank you

-- MarcWidmer - 13 Nov 2007